Omaha daily bee., 1887-07-16
IN THE FIELD OF SPORT.
Great Gathering of Boating Men Witness
the Mississippi Valley Regatta.
SEVERAL EXCITING CONTESTS.
Lincoln Finally Drops a Game, Topeka
Winning BY Four Runs.-Troub.
adour Badly Crippled After
HIS Great Victory.
The Regatta at Pullman.

The Regatta at Pullman.
CHICAGO, July 15.-A great gathering of
boating men from al sections OF the country
was present at Pullman to witness the open
ing of the Mississippi Valley Rowing asso-
ciation's annual regatta. Two ont of the
five prizes were wop by the Chicago crew,
while Pullman captured third. Detroit and
Moline won the other two.
The first event was the junior four-oared
shell race, for which six crews
were entered-the Westerns of st Louis
the Detroits of Detroit. the Sylvans of
Moline, the lroquois of Chicago, the Pull
mans of Pullman, and Moline No. 2. They
started in good shape. holding positions in
the order named except the Iroguos. which
crew soon sprang to the front, pulling forty
eight strokes to the minute, and held their
own to the finish. The Iroquois were so far
behind at the hall mile nag that they con
the stake boat. The home stretch was nip
and tuck between Moline, No.2 and Pullman,
the former having passed Detroit The
Pulmans, however, shot across the line in
third.
Twenty-Five: The junior double scull race
was rowed b., three crews, the Catlins and
Delawares, of Chicago. and the Council
Bluffs crew. The Catlins won by 100 yards
in Ii 55, Council Bluffs coming home in 1929
and the Delawares distanccd.
In the Junior pair-oared shell race the
Moines, Iroquos and Detroits were entered.
Detroit won by dozen lengths in l2:l9, the
Moline boys getting over the course in 1895.
The union single scul race excited much
interest. There were five entries: +. p.
yickers of the lroanois John Keogh, Of the
Farraguts; o. L. Williams, Of the MOlines,
st. Louis; William Watt, of the Molines, and
G.. {. Gotf, of the Catlns. Watt rowed
ute, but the lroquois' lad, though beaten at
the turn, caught up with the Moline man and
beat him to the finish. Time-Nickers, 12:17;
Watts, 1902.
the II Moline TSb boys, ,S Who e sot away with the the
and Molines '' No, ., They were
started star ,; We!l % %tosether' fr,s st. ;o Louis snS
Detrots forty-two strokes a minute.
| The Sylvans, though closely pressed by st.
| Louis, made the line in 1882, three seconds
ahead Of the Westerns. r., As the the gigs rs turned r
dian oarsman, rowed with, or rather ahead
without exerting himself. Hanlon was en-
| Enthusiastically cheered by the spectators.
The association elected the following to
serve during nc coming year: l'resident,
l.. B. Glover, Chicago; vice president, W..
r. Moore, Moline, ILL secretary and treas ras
Ii. Merriam, Council Bluffs, Ia; ensign, J.
Nj. Prese Pullman, H.. executive commit
tee. j., A. st; John, st Louis; d; $. l.andiSh,
Grain. Chicago; @. NJ. Scheneck, Ottumwa,
Ia; E. Dunsford, st. Louis.
Victorious Twin City scuilers.
| WIN IpEG, July 15.-- rhe Twin City clubs
| took everything in the regatta to-day, the st.
| Paul Grub winning the junior four oars, the
| l.urlines. of Minneapolis, taking the junior
| doubles. and the Muchmore, of Minneapolis,
winning the senior single scull two miles.
Lincoln Loses at Last.
| TOPEKA, Kan, July 15.--ISpecial Tele.
gram to the BEE. .l-Topeka turned the ia.
bes on Lincoln to-day and won the second
game of the series by score of IA to 10. Hon
ors were even between the pitchers, each
| being credited with sixteen base hits. At the
outset it looked as though the home team
was going to suffer second defeat, but the
| visitors failed to maintain their big lead
Following is the score by innings:
LGnskJa' ISsSJa,..S &C. 8 S-lt S-lt
Runs earned-Topeka I. Lincoln 8. Two
base hits-Dolan,. Swartzel. Home runs
| Holiday, MucCullar, johnson. Batteries
Sullivan and Kenyon, Swartzel and Hoover
Errors-Topeka 0, Lincoln T. Umpire
Hagan. Time OF game hrs, 10 minis.
Northwestern League Games.
DEs MONIES, Ia, July l5.-[Special Tele-
gram to the BEE. l-Des Moines to-day tin
ished its three straight victories from Mil
waukee without an error on the part of the
home team. The score by innings is as fol
lows:
Des MoInes ......o Q Q /!
Pitchers-Des MONIES, Hutchinson; Mil
waukee, Smith.
National League Games.
PHILADELPHIA, July l5.-The game be
tween Philadelphia and Detroit to-day re
psirSit. pbs1saitlpn!a:dd !'.!':::d =;
P,tshsrsL,Cssey and Weidm9n: Base 81 nit Il t
MPhiiadelph,a9 pctTq;s TO- ErrnrsMPh'l'
WASHINGTON. July l5.-The game be
tween the Washington and Pittsburg team
to-day resulted as follows:
T,;isbn4s::.o Mas6inston' % tS 81 81
Pitchers-Shaw and Calvin. Base hits
Washington l5,, Plusburg9 o Errors-Wash
ngton oI Pt'sG1yg "1g 3 Hb@prepnoetssae,
the New York and Chicago teams to-day re
suited as follows:
New York,......o 999 ! o
Chicago; oofS rS.rSson . plsa hi hi,
New York s, Chicago o. Errors-NeN
York 5, Chicago6. Umpire Powers.
Boston, July l5.-Ihe game between tn
Boston and Indianapolis teams to-day rt
, suited as follows:
ind1Snapolis: nHiiani ir;ii;:.:.o 10 Q 8 =
Pitchers-Conway and Boyle. Base hits
Boston 10, Indianapolis IL. Errors-Bosto
D, Indianapolis 2. Umpire-Holland.
. The Amcricsn Association.
CINCINNATI, July Is. 5.-The game betwee
;; the Clncinnatis and Brooklyns to-day n
suited as follows:
Cincinnati .....3 / 0 0 0 Al
Brooklyn 49,. "a 0 0 U o.
CLEVELAND. July 15.-The game betwee
the Cleveland and Metropolitan teams to-da
resulted as follows:
Cleveland. 20 o 8 o OlO o 0 0 l.
/, Metropolitap.O / % g o 90 l 0 o o.
/. ST. LOUIS, July 15.-The game betwee
the st. Louis and Athletic teams to-day r
: ST. Louis. 30 1O2 90 o 0 o.
. Athletics. ........O 0 0 o.
LOUISVILLE. July l6.-The game betwee
, the Louisville aud Baltimore teams to-dt
resulted as follows:
Louisville. ........O l 4 ~
BaltimOre........0 0 l u
Sunday Ball in st. Louis.
a ST. LOUIS, July l5.-Judge Noonan to-da
y decided that playing base ball was not
$ violation OF the Sunday law.